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accoll

accoll verb: to embrace; cling to.

Verb

accoll (third-person singular simple present accolls, present participle accolling, simple past and past participle accolled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To embrace; cling to.
    • Thrice raught I with mine arms to accoll her1840, James Henry, Miscellanies, page 123

Forms of accoll

third-person singular presentaccolls
present participleaccolling
past participleaccolled
pastaccolled

Origin of accoll

From Middle English acolen, from Old French acoler (whence modern French accoler), from Latin ad- + collum (“neck”).

Questions about accoll

What does accoll mean?
Accoll means to embrace; cling to.
What part of speech is accoll?
Accoll is a verb.
What is the past tense of accoll?
The past tense of accoll is accolled.

Words near accoll in the dictionary

  1. accolading
  2. accolated
  3. accolee
  4. accolent
  5. accolents
  6. accoll
  7. accolled
  8. accolling
  9. accolls
  10. accollé
  11. accollés

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